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Background

Worldwide, 1.27 million people are killed and 20-50 million injured in road crashes every year, with almost half of them being pedestrians, motorcycles and bicyclists, and more than 90% of them in low and middle income countries. As a consequence, Injury prevention and road safety have become a growing public health priority, everywhere in the world and particularly in low- and middle-income countries and a priority for the IUHPE.

with Youth for Road Safety (YOURS), the development of a tool kit to introduce young individuals to the global road safety problem and potential avenues for action, and encourage them to become road safety activists– which will soon be made available in various languages and broadly disseminated.